Commentary

SOUTHWESTERN STATES continue their campaign to cut production of natural gas. This week, Tex

STATE PILOTS ARE AN ASSET TO SHIPPINGYour April 15 editorial tarred the state pilota

It was Paul Tsongas who kept the jobs issue alive in the presidential campaign. As he slowly fades f

In 1979, with the U.S. facing a well-orchestrated effort by the Soviet Union and its satellites to a

Doubt that the Uruguay Round is in trouble? Consider this response from a senior U.S. administration

Since December 1990, when negotiations to conclude a new world trade agreement broke down, the Urugu

FOR THE PAST DECADE, Congress and the White House have looked for ways to commercialize technologies

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP., which already is trimming its management, now is moving to re

STATES CAN ENFORCE SOLVENCY STANDARDSWe echo your call for nationwide insurer solvency stand

When British Prime Minister John Major offered Conservative Party Chairman Chris Patten the job of g

THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up in 1988 begin a long legal battle i

Economic expansion in the United States, powered by gains in productivity and explosive short-term i

FEDERALLY LICENSED SHIP PILOTS ARE SAFEThe American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS), w

WITH FIVE TIMES MORE CARS per square mile than most industrialized nations, Holland has a horrific t

"This is the final - I repeat - the final week of the Uruguay Round. There will be no extension. The

KASTEN-DANFORTH BILL SHOULD BE STOPPEDYour April 21 editorial, "Product Liability," was disa

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl received a message this month he wasn't expecting. His ruling Christia

Finland's decision on March 18 to make itself the third member of the European Free Trade Associatio

THE U.S. CATTLE INDUSTRY, already hit by a drop in consumption because of popular concern over fat i

While the big New World Order is gestating, progress toward a mini-version is taking place in the re

WORLDWIDE PRESSURE ON JAPAN to limit its exports continues to mount. Last week Tokyo did for

WHEN THE 12 MEMBER STATES of the European Community put their commitment for monetary and political

The United States is edging closer to agreements with Taiwan and Japan to renew, but phase out, thei

It is generally wise to be cautious when describing events as "crucial" or ''critical." On Wednesday

HOW SAFE ARE TRUCK DRIVERS? Safer, it seems, than they've been, but not as safe as they're likely to

AS EACH DAY PASSES, the chance that anything useful will come from June's Earth Summit seems unlikel

Thanks in part to statesmanlike pressure from former President Nixon, President Bush has finally ann

"I got plenty o' nuttin' and nuttin's plenty for me." Ira Gershwin, "Porgy and Bess" * * * *

In spite of successful economic reforms, guerrilla warfare in Colombia is escalating and the energy

STATE PILOT SYSTEM SHOULD BE CHANGEDThanks for your April 15 editorial, "Freeing the Tiller"

With his April 5 coup suspending the constitution and democratic processes, Peruvian President Alber

The headline on a weekend Washington Post article was intriguing: "The 'Silent Service' Surfaces, Re

CONGRESS SHOULD MOVE PROMPTLY to change a 1990 aviation law that forcesairports to use Ameri

THERE SEEMS NO END to the havoc that bankrupt trucking companies can cause their former customers.

Distribution of income - who gets what in American society - will be a key issue in the presidential

Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady has a problem. It's an election year, the country is in a slump th

PRESIDENT BUSH and Jacques Delors, president of the European Community's Executive Commission, meet

At first glance, it hardly seems the sort of thing that would trouble Japan's economic and legal com

the words alone convey an image of corporate giants slashing prices to destroy competitors and punis

When it comes to U.S. trade policy, it's appropriate to ask, "What is in the best interests of the U